authorities of the Respondent State to release them is a matter pending
before domestic courts.
64. Having declared the present Application inadmissible for failure to exhaust
local remedies, the Court considers that there is no reason to order the
provisional measures sought especially since the said requests are similar
to the merits in the dismissed Application.
VIII. COSTS
65. None of the Parties made submissions on costs.
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66. The Court notes that Rule 32(2) of the Rules of Court provides: “unless
otherwise decided by the Court, each party shall bear its own costs, if any”.
67. In the circumstances of the case, the Court considers that there is no reason
to depart from this principle and therefore decides that each party shall bear
its own costs.
IX.
OPERATIVE PART
68. For these reasons,
THE COURT
Unanimously,
Jurisdiction
i.
Dismisses the objection based on material jurisdiction;
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